Celebrants are encouraged instead to attend the annual professional fireworks show, Ralphies Independence Day Blast, on July 4 at Folsom Field. Gates open at 8 p.m., and the program begins at 8:30 p.m. Details can be found at www.boulder4thofjuly.com.

The transaction is the culmination of a several-year negotiation between Whole Foods Market and the FTC that required Whole Foods Market to divest certain stores and other assets obtained in the 2007 merger with Wild Oats Markets. The purchase price and other details relating to this transaction have not been disclosed.

As part of Boulders Walk Bike Month and Walk Bike to Work Day, the University of Colorado Environmental Center and Community Cycles will host the Fourth Annual Bike Shorts Film Festival and ice cream social at Old Main on the CU campus on Wednesday, June 23.

In a recent paper, he showed that using a rebalancing investment strategy could resolve a Parrondo Paradox, a phenomenon in game theory in which given two games, each with a higher probability of losing than winning, it is possible to construct a winning strategy by playing the games alternately.

This is a terrific consumer protection bill, Hullinghorst said in a news release. It expands the current protections for owners of mobile homes, and it adds new rights to fix the old imbalance of power between landlords and owners.

The Second Annual WWII Ball will be held on Saturday, June 19, at the Boulder Airports Blue Hangar at 7 p.m. Attendees will enjoy a USOstyle show starring the likes of Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and the Andrews Sisters Act Reveille 3.

Five journalists have been selected as 2010-11 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The fellowships are hosted by the Center for Environmental Journalism and are funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Boulder County Parks and Open Space is hosting a homestead event on Sunday, May 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Walker Ranch. The event is free for all ages. Costumed volunteers will recreate one of the busiest seasons of the year as they demonstrate various chores associated with rural living in the late 1800s.

City of Boulder officials announced this week that there will be no water use restrictions this summer. But they urge the community to continue water conservation efforts that have successfully kept the city's reservoirs at safe storage levels since 2003.